NDC 00006-4837-03 — PNEUMOVAX 23 pneumococcal vaccine polyvalent

🆔 Identity & classification

FDA NDC (as labeled) 0006-4837-03

Product NDC 0006-4837

11-digit billing NDC 00006483703

NCPDP billing unit ML — per mL (volume)

Application # BLA101094

SPL Set ID bb362a20-6d91-4ae8-bebb-9ee8b2591814

Established class (EPC) Actively Acquired Immuni

Physiologic effect Actively Acquired Immunity

DEA schedule Non-controlled

Marketing category BLA

Marketing status On market

FDA listing status Listed (active directory)

Marketing start 2014-07-21

Route INTRAMUSCULAR, SUBCUTANEOUS

Dosage form INJECTION, SOLUTION

Substance STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE TYPE 1 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE ANTIGEN; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE TYPE 2 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE ANTIGEN; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE TYPE 3 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE ANTIGEN; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE TYPE 4 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE ANTI

GPI-14 1720006500E510

GPI class Pneumovax 23

GCN Seq No 009679

GCN 43859

HICL code 004212

Ingredient (HICL) Pneumococcal 23-Val P-Sac Vac

HIC1 code W

Therapeutic class — broad (HIC1) Anti-Infecting Agents

HIC2 code W7

Therapeutic class — intermediate (HIC2) Biologicals

HIC3 code W7L

Therapeutic class — specific (HIC3) Gram Positive Cocci Vaccines

AHFS code 80:12.00.00

AHFS class Vaccines

FDB label name PNEUMOVAX 23 SYRINGE

FDB brand name Pneumovax 23

Legend status F — Federal legend — prescription drug or device

Biologic (Purple Book) 351(a)

Why two NDCs? The FDA registers this code as 0006-4837-03 — a 4-4-2 layout, and that's what's printed on the package and shown on DailyMed. For insurance claims, every NDC is standardized to a uniform 11-digit 5-4-2 format by adding a zero to the labeler segment → 00006-4837-03. Same drug, same package — only the format differs.

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🏭 Manufacturer & labeler

LabelerMerck Sharp & Dohme LLC

FDA applicationBLA101094 (BLA)

Labeler code00006

First marketedJul 2014

Product typeVaccine

Portfolio112 products on file

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🩺 Clinical

Label name PNEUMOVAX 23 SYRINGE Ingredient Pneumococcal 23-Val P-Sac Vac

📖 What it is MedlinePlus · NLM

Why get vaccinated? Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine may prevent pneumococcal disease that may occur with infection due to Streptococcus pneumoniae. Infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae can cause the following: ear or sinus infections or serious infections of the lung, brain and spinal cord, or bloodstream. Pneumococcal vaccine does not contain live virus. The vaccine works by triggering the body to make antibodies against the bacteria to provide a defense against potential infection. This vaccine does not offer full protection against pneumococcal disease. There are many different form...

Read the full MedlinePlus article ↗

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UNII 339NCG44TV
Phenol is a chemical compound derived from coal tar or petroleum. It serves as a preservative and antimicrobial agent in medicines, helping prevent bacterial and fungal growth to keep the product stable and safe during storage.

1 inactive ingredient listed in the exact product block matched to this NDC.

Where does this data come from?

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💲 Pricing

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Price system	Per mL	Per package
Retail pharmacies payNADAC · weekly	Not in the retail survey — common for institutional, discontinued, or low-volume packs.
Medicaid paysCMS SDUD · 12 mo	No recent Medicaid claims on file for this NDC — rare and low-volume NDCs are suppressed in the public data.
Medicare drug plans payPart D · quarterly	No Part D plan price is available for this NDC in our data.

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No price is published for this exact package yet. CMS surveys NADAC per package size, so a different pack of the same drug often has one.

Where does this data come from?

NADAC (National Average Drug Acquisition Cost) is the CMS weekly pharmacy-acquisition-cost survey — what pharmacies pay. ASP (Average Sales Price) is the CMS Medicare Part B drug-payment file, published quarterly. Medicaid pays is computed by us from CMS State Drug Utilization Data (total reimbursed ÷ units, trailing 12 months) — gross of rebates and inclusive of dispensing fees, so it reflects what Medicaid paid, not an acquisition cost. Medicare drug plans pay is the median negotiated point-of-sale unit cost across plans listing this NDC in the CMS quarterly Prescription Drug Plan pricing files, before rebates. The VA pays is the federal contract price (FSS, and the statutory Big 4 ceiling where listed) from the VA National Acquisition Center pharmaceutical price file. All are free public government data; each measures a different payer, so the figures are not directly comparable.

🔁 Therapeutic equivalents

Product	Labeler	Pack	NADAC/unit	TE	Status	Price vs. this
Pneumovax 23 1 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE ANTIGEN 25 ug/.5mL; 2 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE ANTIGEN 25 ug/.5mL; 3 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE ANTIGEN 25 ug/.5mLthis 00006-4837-03	Merck	10 syringes	—	—	FDA listed	—
Pneumovax 23 1 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE ANTIGEN 25 ug/.5mL; 2 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE ANTIGEN 25 ug/.5mL; 3 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE ANTIGEN 25 ug/.5mL 00006-4943-00	Merck	10 vials	—	—	FDA listed	—

About this product: this is a biologic. Biologics don't have small-molecule generics — competition comes from FDA-licensed biosimilars (shown above), not generics.

Where does this data come from?

Equivalents are other NDCs of the same ingredient, form and route from the openFDA NDC Directory, ranked least-expensive-first by NADAC. Therapeutic-equivalence (AB) ratings come from the FDA Orange Book; biologics use the FDA Purple Book for biosimilar & interchangeable status.

⏳ Availability & biosimilar status

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1977

First FDA approval

Nov 1977

📍

2026

Currently FDA-listed

49 years listed

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Biosimilars

see Purple Book

🧬Biologic — competition comes from biosimilars

Biologics have no small-molecule generics; biosimilar competition is tracked in the FDA Purple Book.

Where does this data come from?

Patents and exclusivity from the FDA Purple Book (biologics), refreshed from public FDA data. Biosimilar launch timing is an estimate, not a guarantee.

📦 Packaging — all sizes for this product

Package NDC	Description	Marketing start	Status
00006-4837-03 You're viewing this	10 SYRINGE, GLASS in 1 CARTON (0006-4837-03) / .5 mL in 1 SYRINGE, GLASS (0006-4837-01)	2014-07-21	Active

🧭 About this NDC listing & data coverage

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NADAC pharmacy acquisition price (CMS)	— Not published for this NDC CMS publishes NADAC only for NDCs reported in its retail-pharmacy survey.
Orange Book / therapeutic-equivalence data	— Not published for this NDC Applies only to products approved under an NDA/ANDA; many listings are out of scope.
HCPCS J-code billing crosswalk	— Not published for this NDC Most self-administered / retail products have no J-code — that is normal.
Medicaid utilization (CMS SDUD)	— Not published for this NDC CMS reports utilization only for NDCs with Medicaid claims above its privacy threshold.

“Not published” reflects what the public FDA / CMS / NLM sources provide for this exact package code — it is a property of the data feeds, not a judgment about the product.

Questions about this listing

Why is there no price listed?

The pricing shown on our NDC pages comes from CMS NADAC, a voluntary survey of retail community pharmacy invoices. CMS does not publish a NADAC for every NDC — packages outside the retail survey (institutional and hospital products, bulk packages, discontinued items, and many OTC items) may never receive one. A missing price reflects the survey's scope, not this product's actual cost, and does not mean the product is free or unavailable.

Is the NDC printed on the package the same as the 11-digit billing NDC?

Yes, they identify this exact package in different formats. The FDA registers it as 0006-4837-03, which is what is printed on the packaging and shown on DailyMed. Insurance claims use a fixed 11-digit 5-4-2 format, so the short segment is padded with a leading zero: 00006-4837-03, written without dashes as 00006483703. The Identity section at the top of this page lists every form of this code.

What do the three segments of this NDC mean?

In 00006-4837-03, the first segment (00006) is the labeler code FDA assigned to Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC; the middle segment (4837) identifies this specific product — its ingredient, strength, and dosage form; and the last segment (03) identifies this exact package size and type. Together they name one specific package of one specific product.

Is this package still being marketed?

Yes, per the latest FDA NDC Directory data on this page: this package is listed as actively marketed, with no marketing end date reported by Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC. Listing status can change — the directory data on this page refreshes weekly.

Who lists this product with the FDA?

Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC is the labeler of record for this NDC — the company under whose FDA-assigned code the package is listed. The labeler may be the manufacturer itself or a distributor marketing the product under its own code.

This page identifies an FDA-listed package (the NDC) and reports public regulatory and pricing data about the listing. It is reference information, not a medical recommendation — talk to your pharmacist or prescriber about your own medication.

Where does this data come from?

Listing facts (marketing category, packager status, marketing dates) from the FDA openFDA NDC Directory; label availability from DailyMed; pricing coverage from CMS NADAC; equivalence scope from the FDA Orange Book.

📄 Full FDA label FDA SPL

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📄 FDA label

📄 FDA label 19 words ▾

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💊 Related drugs in this class

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Where does this data come from?

Other drugs sharing this product’s First Databank therapeutic class (HIC3). Each links to that NDC’s page in our directory.

PNEUMOVAX 23 pneumococcal vaccine polyvalent 1 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE ANTIGEN 25 ug/.5mL; 2 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE ANTIGEN 25 ug/.5mL; 3 CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE ANTIGEN 25 ug/.5mL Injection, Solution, 10 syringes

🆔 Identity & classification

🏭 Manufacturer & labeler

🩺 Clinical

Patient education

Supplement & herbal interactions

🧪 Inactive Ingredients / Excipients

Inactive ingredient FAQ

💲 Pricing

🔁 Therapeutic equivalents

⏳ Availability & biosimilar status

📦 Packaging — all sizes for this product

🧭 About this NDC listing & data coverage

Questions about this listing

📄 Full FDA label FDA SPL

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